Gmina Brzyska is a rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...

, in south-eastern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the village of Brzyska

Brzyska

Brzyska is a village in Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Brzyska. It lies approximately north-west of Jasło and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Jasło and 50 km (31 mi) south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów

Rzeszów

Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...

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The gmina covers an area of 45.13 square kilometres (17.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,222.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park

Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park

Pasmo Brzanki Landscape Park is a protected area in southern Poland, established in 1995.The Park is shared between two voivodeships: Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Subcarpathian Voivodeship...

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Villages

Gmina Brzyska contains the villages and settlements of Błażkowa, Brzyska

Brzyska

Brzyska is a village in Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Brzyska. It lies approximately north-west of Jasło and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Dąbrówka, Kłodawa, Lipnica Dolna

Lipnica Dolna, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Lipnica Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzyska, within Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Brzyska, north-west of Jasło, and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.The village has a population of...

, Ujazd

Ujazd, Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Ujazd is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzyska, within Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Brzyska, north-west of Jasło, and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

 and Wróblowa

Wróblowa

Wróblowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brzyska, within Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Brzyska, north-west of Jasło, and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Brzyska is bordered by the town of Jasło and by the gminas of Brzostek

Gmina Brzostek

Gmina Brzostek is an urban-rural gmina in Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Brzostek...

, Jasło, Jodłowa, Kołaczyce, Nowy Żmigród

Gmina Nowy Zmigród

Gmina Nowy Żmigród is a rural gmina in Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Nowy Żmigród, which lies approximately south of Jasło and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów....

, Skołyszyn and Szerzyny

Gmina Szerzyny

Gmina Szerzyny is a rural gmina in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Szerzyny, which lies approximately south-east of Tarnów and east of the regional capital Kraków....

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